RT Article
T1 Comparison of Mindfulness With and Without Practice Among Women in Custody
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 48
IS 8
SP 1111
OP 1126
A1 Song, Xiaolan
A1 Zhao, Huiwen
A1 Lou, Ting
A1 Wang, Yanming
A1 Zheng, Yuanyou 1292-1364
A2 Zhao, Huiwen
A2 Lou, Ting
A2 Wang, Yanming
A2 Zheng, Yuanyou 1292-1364
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1761550209
AB This study aimed to explore the effects of standardized mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and MBCT training without practice on the negative mood of women in custody. Eighty participants were assigned to the standard MBCT group, theoretical learning group, or waitlist control group. We assessed participants’ mindfulness, stress, depression, and anxiety before and after the interventions. The results showed that, compared with controls, participants in the standard MBCT course showed significant improvement in depression and state anxiety; they also showed significant improvement in perceived stress. Although similar effects on depression were observed in the theoretical learning group, this group did not show decreased anxiety. These findings suggest that practice plays a crucial role in MBCT’s effects on female prisoners’ mental health. This study provides important insights into the application of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) as promising treatments for improving responsivity factors of the risk–need–responsivity model for female incarcerated populations.
K1 Randomized controlled trial
K1 women in custody
K1 negative mood
K1 Risk–need–responsivity
K1 mindfulness practice
K1 Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
DO 10.1177/0093854820974409